Example sentences of "and [n mass] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest stuck to safe things such as kitchen equipment , washing-powders , motorcars , carpets and toothbrushes. £10 to the winners , plus an extra five to Katie Mallett . |
| 2 | Siliconix Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits down 17% at $2m , after $1.7m restructuring charges this time and $675,000 last time , as well as $1.7m extraordinary credits and $2.4m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change last time , on turnover down 1.7% at $41m ; net profit for the year to December 31 was up 3,242% at $4.6m , after $950,000 restructuring charges , $2.2m extraordinary credits and $2.4m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change last time , on turnover that rose 11.4% to $156.2m . |
| 3 | Siliconix Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits down 17% at $2m , after $1.7m restructuring charges this time and $675,000 last time , as well as $1.7m extraordinary credits and $2.4m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change last time , on turnover down 1.7% at $41m ; net profit for the year to December 31 was up 3,242% at $4.6m , after $950,000 restructuring charges , $2.2m extraordinary credits and $2.4m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change last time , on turnover that rose 11.4% to $156.2m . |
| 4 | Others chosen were Brian Avery , Norman Fell , Elisabeth Fraser , Alice Ghostley and Buck Henry in the small part of the suspicious hotel clerk . |
| 5 | Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA-RISC architecture retained its leadership position and $1bn lead over the runner-up , Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparc . |
| 6 | The $50m issue will be redeemed at par , the $28m and $37m issues at a price equal to 110.50% of the principal plus accrued interest . |
| 7 | ‘ But when we got down to signing the papers I saw there was £198 charged for the fittings and £223 VAT on the original sum I had been quoted . |
| 8 | Additional information may be required to provide such solutions , and data structures for the effective storage and retrieval of this information are investigated . |
| 9 | Nashua , New Hampshire-based Storage Computer Corp has introduced StorComp RAID 7 which features an asynchronous hard ware design with a real-time embedded operating system to control access to the disk drives and data flow to the host . |
| 10 | If you integrate voice and data traffic over a private network you can obtain maximum value for money , paying for dial-up connections only when your own WAN is full . |
| 11 | A new satellite company has been set up to offer low-cost satellite-based mobile positioning and data communications across the US : Mobile Datacom Corp has filed applications with the Federal Communications Commission and is testing and demonstrating the system . |
| 12 | At the beginning of August Eurotunnel also announced that Racal had been awarded the contract to supply voice and data communications within the Tunnel in the face of fierce competition from Alcatel , Siemens and other major European Companies . |
| 13 | MCI Communications Corp has been chosen to provide end-to-end digital connections for voice and data transmissions across the US and between Canada and Mexico to a group called the Multilateral Initiative , composed of 32 European , Asian-Pacific and South American telecommunications carriers ; the value of the pact was not revealed . |
| 14 | At the heart of this is the introduction of an Integrated Services Digital Network ( ISDN ) system which not only allows fast , cheap transfer of data along lines that are free of interference but also voice and data transmission at the same time rather than using two separate lines . |
| 15 | At the time of his death he was the heaviest man in Britain , weighing almost 53 stone ( 336kg ) and measuring 3ft 11in around the leg and 9ft 4in around the waist . |
| 16 | ‘ Single 50p coins and £1 coins in the collection plate are not going to get us anywhere near what we need for the life of today 's Church . ’ |
| 17 | He was made aware that nuclear weapons were no substitute for the presence of frigates on station and infantry battalions on the ground in maintaining stability in Afro-Asia . |
| 18 | The Afghan government claimed that artillery and infantry units of the Pakistan army had actually entered the battle at a decisive stage in late March . |
| 19 | The professional 's charges in 1908 were 2s. 6d. ( 18 holes ) , 1s. 6d. ( nine holes ) and 2s. 0d. for a one-hour lesson , 3s. 0d. for two hours . |
| 20 | However , in Mary 's reign the rate was fixed at 4s. in the pound for landed incomes , and 2s. 8d. in the pound for other property ; and the subsidy remained fixed at that level for the rest of the century . |
| 21 | Honeywell Inc saw fourth quarter net profits down 71.7% at $29m , after $7.4m gains from the settlement of litigation , $85.1m restructuring charges , and $3.1m losses from the early payment of debt , on turnover down 0.3% at $1,705.2m ; net profit for the year to December 31 fell 25.5% to $246.8m , after $171.4m gains from the settlement of litigation , $8.6m losses from the early payment of debt , and $144.5m charges from the cumulative effect of an accounting change , on sales up 0.5% to $6,222.6m . |
| 22 | The breakdown of FL use in Dutchman Biscuits was : 50% telephone skills ; 30% handling and interpreting written material ( including book-keeping and computerised accounts ) and 20% writing in the FL . |
| 23 | In £2 , £5 and £10 denominations with a choice of five attractive cards , National Trust gift vouchers are redeemable against nearly all shop merchandise . |
| 24 | When John Hawarde , a lawyer , was summoned from his rooms in the Temple to attend the Privy Council at Greenwich he had to pay Mr Ward , the Clerk of the Council , a royal for recording his appearance , 6s. 8d. for his entering into a bond , and 6s. 8d. for the bond itself . |
| 25 | Intergraph Corp has reported first quarter net losses of $7.7m , after $2.6m restructuring charges and $2.5m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change , against profits of $2.9m last time , on turnover that rose by 1.7% to $282.1m . |
| 26 | Millicom Inc has reported net losses of $73.5m for the year to December 31 against profits of $49m last time , after $8.9m charges related to restructuring , $1.1m charges related to the settlement of litigation , and $39.6m losses from discontinued operations , including $27m losses from their disposal this time , and $30.5m gains on the exchange of debt , $5.4m gains on the sale of securities , $850,000 extraordinary credits and $10.8m gains from discontinued operations , including $27.5m gains from their disposal last time , on turnover up 20.2% at $29.5m . |
| 27 | As Sun suggested it would do , it has built in ISDN and multimedia features such as a bundled speaker box and microphone , CD-quality audio and multimedia mail in an OpenWindows 3.0 environment . |
| 28 | Here in England we find little in our local delicatessen shop — the only approximation we have to the charcutier who sells many ready-prepared foods besides pork butchers ' products — but mass-produced sausages , pork pies and fish cakes off a conveyor belt , piled slices of pale pink and blood-red flannel which pass respectively for cooked ham and tongue , bottles of pickled onions and jars of red cabbage in vinegar , possibly a potato salad dressed with synthetic mayonnaise and , with luck , some herrings in brine . |
| 29 | I had to drop Simon at Bill Bentley 's , the wine and fish bar near the Stock Exchange , and then Clara at a pub in St Mary Axe . |
| 30 | I do n't care if we live on chips and fish fingers for the rest of our lives . |